Casus pendens, non-verbal predicate and subject

[Paul Younan]

Shlama Akhi Rob,

I like that the Greek follows the Aramaic structure so closely. It makes making my point easier.

For any Greek-speaking person this is gibberish. No Greek speaker would ever communicate in this manner, not unless he liked being ignored and ridiculed.

As strange as the construction sounds to us in English, that's how it would sound to someone whose native language was Greek. But to a Semitic speaker (any Semitic language), this construction is very familiar and acceptable to the ear.

Let me know about your cross-examination of Josephus...